Maldives High Court overturns ex-President Abdulla Yameen’s prison sentence | News

Maldives High Court overturns ex-President Abdulla Yameen’s prison sentence | News

Decision comes days before the Indian Ocean archipelago nation holds parliamentary elections. A court in the Maldives has overturned the conviction of former President Abdulla Yameen and cancelled his 11-year prison sentence. The High Court said on Thursday that his 2022 trial had been unfair and ordered a new trial….

Armenia claims Azerbaijan ‘completed’ ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh | News

Armenia claims Azerbaijan ‘completed’ ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh | News

Azerbaijan systematically ‘erasing’ all traces of ethnic Armenians in the disputed region, Yerevan says. Azerbaijan has “completed” the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia claimed to the UN’s top court. In a case brought by Yerevan against its Caucus neighbour and rival over alleged discrimination and ethnic cleansing, lawyers for Armenia…

Heavy rains, lightning in Pakistan kill at least 50 people | Floods News

Heavy rains, lightning in Pakistan kill at least 50 people | Floods News

At least 50 people have been killed in heavy rains and lightning across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said, as authorities declared a state of emergency in some regions. Farmers harvesting wheat died after being struck by lightning. Rains caused dozens of houses to collapse in the northwest…

Two arrested for firing at Bollywood star Salman Khan’s Mumbai home | Bollywood News

Two arrested for firing at Bollywood star Salman Khan’s Mumbai home | Bollywood News

Khan has been in the crosshairs of an armed gang since 1998 for shooting two blackbucks on a recreational hunting trip. Two members of a notorious criminal gang have been arrested for firing at the home of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in apparent retaliation for the superstar’s killing of two…

Coral reefs around the world experiencing mass bleaching, scientists say | Climate News

Coral reefs around the world experiencing mass bleaching, scientists say | Climate News

Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colourful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists say has amounted to the fourth global bleaching event in the last three decades. At least 54 countries and territories have experienced mass bleaching along their reefs…

Azerbaijan calls for ICJ to throw out Armenian ethnic cleansing case | Courts News

Azerbaijan calls for ICJ to throw out Armenian ethnic cleansing case | Courts News

The case accuses Azerbaijan of glorifying racism and allowing hate speech against Armenians. Azerbaijan has called for the UN’s International Court of Justice to throw out a case accusing it of ethnic cleansing brought by its neighbour and rival Armenia. Lawyers for Azerbaijan argued on Monday that the case does…

Mass evacuations as floods in Russia’s Kurgan region set to peak | Floods News

Mass evacuations as floods in Russia’s Kurgan region set to peak | Floods News

Kurgan and Tyumen regions of Russia, and parts of Kazakhstan, are threatened by some of the worst flooding in history. Authorities in Russia are warning people to evacuate affected areas as Russia’s Kurgan and Tyumen regions and swaths of northern Kazakhstan are flooded. Tens of thousands have already abandoned their…